Killing Ceiling
by Jahangir
Summary: In a decrepit London, Briar and Masterson must discover the enemy, and themselves.
1. Chapter 1

**KILLING CEILING: **

**PART ONE: ZOMBIES ATTACK **

Masterson was flying in the helicopter with Brian. The city was filled with smoke, because the zombies hid in the smoke to kill people.

"You need to go to London, and cleer out the zombies, becuase europsaens need help. Do it for the American Flag, because we now that once they finish with france, they will go under the sea and not drown becuase they cant die becuase they are zombies and then they will eat America. You now wat do." The commander said to the Cockens.

They did not reply, becuase they are cockens, which don't speak English, because cockens from cocken, and don't speak English. Instead, they just jumped from the chopper and went to go find team.

But zombies attacked, and Brian realized they had no big guns. They killed with there guns and theyre knives, but their were too many zombies. Masterson threw his seringe into one zombie eye, so he killed it, but the medicine brought it back to life so he killed it again with his fists.

Then they heard a shout from the church. There was a black lady wit two giant claymore swords, and she shouted 'one in each hand' as she spun around like a really fast fan and turned the zombies into blender. The zombies ran away, but she was too fast, and the last one was a fat zombie that ate too much and threw up. She threw her claymoars at him and pinned him like laundry, then she tore him to pieces with her bare hands! The cockens were scared and shocked, but she welcomed them into her shop, where she hid from the zombies and sold stuff to people. She had saved them so they could buy stuff, and now she was content.

"My name is Agnis Lisa McWallace, but you can call be Bonnie." she said, and she was black, and she had guns.

They bought shotguns and axes, and saw they had a new teammate who had arrived by train to save them from the zombies. He was a Paramedic called Alfred, and even though he could speak English like a British, he was secretly a Cocken, and had gone to Oxford for being smart in medicine.

Then he healed them with his magic, and they were happy and refreshed. Then they went up and said, "we must do what we can and kill all the zombies we see, and reach the KILLING CEILING"

But their were angry red men with swords, which ran at them like Flash from comics. But Briar had his axe and he blocked. "are you ready to die by my blade, foul retch?" the red man said, but Brian said "not today!" and lifted up his legs and kicked the spine right out of him. He picked up the spine and used it like a spear, and killed eight spiders. But then a fire zombie came out with a gun and shot Alfred in the face, and Brian flew over to him, and he was angry and sad.

"I always loved you like a bro"

"I want you to kill boss and fire zombie, and save America from evil, bro"

then he died, and Brian shouted to the heavens, cursing the negligent diety who was really acting like a total bastard, and killed his bro. Brian new he needed to revenge him, so he ran out and faced the fire zombie. Masterson was going to stop him, be he new what had to be done.

"you cant stop me, Brian, I have fire and lazers becuase I'm a ZOMBIE ROBOT"

"I don't care if your a zombie robot, I have to get revenge if I am going to reach KILLING CEILING"

But Brian knew what had to be done. He took his money, which cockens call dosh, and he stuffed it in the zombie face. The zombie screamed, for he had not been expected money, but Brian was willing to do what had to be done. He then picked up the fire zombie and flew into the air, and kicked his gun into not working.

"You cannot slay me, I am volcano zombie robot, I cannot die!"

But then Brian, who was silence, put his knife on his welder and thrust it into Lord Volcano's abdomen. It glew with the fires of hell.

"Oh no, not that, I beg you, spare me hard!"

and then Brian was not sure, for in the awesome fight, the straight way had been lost. But then he rememberered who he was. Ah how hard to say what a harsh thing was**  
**that hero savage and rough and hardthat to think about it renews the awesome!

He threw his new Hellblade into the bloody assfalt, where it slashed through the earth into the bowels of hell. Thenceforth came writhing chains of the damned, composed of screaming wretches twisted by ways of the flesh unto one another, consumed in eternal fire and covered in leeches of their dark sins. They ran around a leviathan Chainsaw of Punishment that emerged in a horrifying molten glow from the putrid blemish of the earth. The chains flew upon the zombie and dragged him down into the eleventh layer, for the sin of zombieism, to be tortured like no other.

At last, Alfred was avneged! Brian turned to Masterson, who was shooting so fast and killing so many zombies that he run out of the bullets. He needed more clips, but suddenly the wave ended, so he was happy.

But then they were distarcted by a flaming light as Alfred returned to life, like a Jesus for Cocken.

"I AM RETURNED LIKE THE FEONIX" he said, reathed in flame, as he returned to life. They were very happy, and everyone huged. But the boss was not beaten, and they had not reached KILLING CEILING.

The boss chuckled "There are no more hope, for I have more monster and robot and alien, and they cannot save America!" and he laughed evilly, becuase he had a big army of evil stuff.

To be…continued?


	2. Chapter 2

**KILLING CEILING: **

**PART TWO: THERE OIS NO HOPE**

Masterson and Brian and Alfred went into the shop and bot guns like hunting shotgun and katana and mp3 gun with heal bullets.

"Goodbye trader we would like to stay but u know how we must kill zombies and go underground and kill even king zombie to save America. Only by going down can we go up to reach KILLING CEILING"

But she understod and took there money.

So they went to subway becuase that is underground like zombie factory. They saw lots of dead people and they buried them becuase zombies didnt bury them becuase zombies are evil and mean.

"You go underground now and be in peece away from zombies and evil things." they said

"okay" the ghosts said and left to heven and Masterson felt good and happy and determined.

They went into tunnel that said ""Flitcross Subway watch out lots of zombies" but went into anywayes becuase they weren't afraid.

As they walked through the cement tunnels they herd the wispers of the dead eckoing off the cement walls and saw only from the lights of the torches on theyre guns. The light reflected off the blood soked walls and from the occasional piece of metalic liter. The dark was all around smothering and the only sounds were the directionless wispers and the sound of them wading through the trash-strewn floor.

And then sudenly Alfred said "I think I heard something. What is that on the wall?"

They looked at the wall, and there written in blood was 'WE ARE WATCHING AND WILL KILL YOU THERE IS NO ESCAPE'

Alfred said "It is probably nothing. I have to bathroom now, I think theirs one over there."

Masterson said "No we have to stick together to avoid what might be here u never know.."

Alfred agreed and so they continued down the stairs and down hall. There were swarms of rats that hissed at them but were scared away by the lite, and the wispers were getting louder now. Finally they reached the tracks for the trains.

"I thik there might be a door to zombie factory here OH MY GOD WAHT IS THAT"

There was more writing saying 'YOU WILL ALL DIE' in blood and the sound of running feet ecoing off the walls of the tunnel.

Alfred said "there are only two ways to go you go left and check left tunnel ill go right and look for clues"

"Okay im sure youll be fine"

Alfred went right and walked along tracks alone, glancing around as whispering seemed all around him. Finally he reached a train and there was a bloody arm there.

"This was used to write threts! I must tell the others and warn them so we can find enemy!"

He was turned to walk other way and began to shout, but he realized he was lost. For a minute he looked around for them, his voice bouncing off walls, and then he heard a noise behind.

"What is that?"

AND THEN AN INVISIBLE NAKED WOMAN JUMPED OUT WITH CLAWS LIKE WOLVERINE AND STABBED HIM IN LIVER

"OHHHH NOOO GAAAAAH"

Masterson and Brian heard screaming and ran like cheatahs to go find him. They arrived and found dead Alfred and his writing on ground "The zombies are invisible"

"I wonder what that means" said Brian.

"Let's look for clues together." said Masterson.

They turned back to back to back and looked around with torches. Then Brian heard in his ear "We should totally split up and look for clues and not stick around each other becuase we are too slow together and need to find clues fast"

Brian was about to say yes but then he remembered message and had apifiny: what is zombies could use science to go invisible?

"What is my last name, then, Masterson?"

"It is….DEAD"

Invisible woman tried to stab him with claws but he was ready. He used knife to cut off hands and hused hands to stab her in the eyes.

"Now that is what I call eye candy! Masterson the zombies are invisible! There is a cloest with lights lets hold up there!"

They ran to closet and flipped light switch, and saw lots of zombie women turning visible. Their were two doors, and each teammate went to each one.

Legions of nude harlots flung themselves at the door of Masterson witch had been welded shut and broke it open. When dust cleared they looked up and saw him with hunting shotgun. He shot so fast he never even closed the gun but poured bullets in like river firing it liked machine gun of shotgun bullet bursts. There was a fine mist of evaporated blood as the hot lead tore through so many zombies that arms were everywere. Blood was all over the trains and the walls and there was smoke coming from gun from hotness.

But Brian was hurting bad. He could not kill fast enough as they kept turning invisible wen he tried to kille them. He was panting like a dog that is hot on a summer day, and his clothes were slashed up by claws. "I need help I cant fight so many zombies" he said.

"Brian you must adapt to sitaution like a chamoelon or die becuase situations don't work for your comfort you have to be ready and smart or you will never reach KILLING CEILING!" Materson said.

And then Brian remembered Trader and thought "I could use katana like claymore but faster"

And then he did and the zombies came so hard he was covered in blood and couldn't see. He went so fast he nearly flew like helichoptr and slashed up all the walls and made lots of dusts and sparks that set zombies on fire.

And then he stopped becuase he saw that there was only one left in wave. It was zombie woman who said "You should join us becuase we have lots of women and you can have all pleasure in world and live as zombie prince if you cume with me. You can rule America like emprorer and be turned into unstoppable by science magic and never worry again."

"Don't do it! She's evil and zombie and you must remember liberty bro! You can't buy liberty, and zombies don't offer freedom and you aren't a tryant bro you are Cocken! You aren't just a cocken….YOU ARE A BRO"

There was a moment of silence.

Abd then Brian took katana and threw it threw zombie.

"It is s shame that the zombie king turns women into invisibles and try to use temptation on cockens. We have to stop him and his perverted mind or he will rile world. But we are friendship and will never fall!"

"Yeah" said Alfred "there is hope but It will be hard lets by guns"

Then they got guns and everbody laughed.

The end….for now.


	3. Chapter 3

**KILLING CEILING:**

**PART THREE: FORGING A NEW LIFE**

Brian and Masterson and Alfred left the shiop with a new comnat shotgun and Brian had some armor and lots of genedes. Alfred looked mornfully at the shop as he walked out as he looked at the trader…instantly he was full of feelsand not sure if love or not. It was hard becuase of the bauety and the stress of zombies and Alfred was unsure.

"y don't you join us and fight zombies and save America?" said Alfred to the trader.

"Becuase I have a secret fear of zombies after they ate my parents when I was young now I can only sell guns not use them." said the trader with a sad face full of angwish.

"You must face youre fear if you are to reach KILLING CEILING!" said Masterson

"ok but I will follow secret in the shadows like batman from the comics" she said

So she did and they went to the door that said "ZOMBIE FACTORY DON'T GO IN HERE FULL OF EVIL" but they did anyways. . They walked down the stares and into the loby were they saw a giant statue ith an angry face looing at them. It raged at them and made scared, but Alfred was feels scared to be scared, or he might seem cowardly. "I AM NOT AFRAID OF YOU" she said to the satue waving a fist, but then a zombie jumped out wit no eyes and a straitjacket and make scary faces and Alfred screamed and jumped.

"Aha I will change that you wull die fearing!" said the zombie woman in the jacket.

"Eberybody throw grenaids at her and make her explode!" Brian said.

And then they did but she shouted and the sound ate their genades. They ran at her trying to use bullets but she shoutd again and suddenly the air was full of sound and they couldn't see! Disorennmented the cockens stubled and then were thrown at by a statue which was thrown with sound. The sound was in there eyes and they couldn't get them out and it was hurt, and she was punching them with sound but then Brian said "lets throw more grenadis and she wont expect it twice!" But she did and the grenades were thrown back at them at their feet by a wall made of sound.

"AH OH NO WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE THIS IS BAD!" said Trader

"I have something to say Trader…something I was hiping too say…it is-" said Alfred but he was inetupted by another shout.

"EVERY1 GET OVER HERE" from the corner came the shout.

"Why should we?" asked Brian.

"Becuase it is safety!" said the voice

"But she can see using ekolocateon, it is no point!"

"No, I have surprise, just get over here I am fiend!"

"ok"

and they ran overt o the corner and there was a cocken named Alrige with a working hat, leaping as the genades exploded and barely escaeping.

"Put these hats on the zombies will think you are a zombie worker and not hurt you if you wear it" they did and then teh sound zobie jumped out and said "were are cockens we must kill them Aldrige!"

"They are dead I ate them." he said

"ok have fun" the zombie said and went to go do sound zombie things.

Then they all went away and tried to figur out the victory. Aldig had a closet of explosives and was a demoman would not work becuase sound eats explosives.

Then sudenly Alfed triped and fel onto trader and they both got up and where blush. But then she said was clumsy he felt bad and then she went to go talk to the zombies to find out how to beat the sound zombie's weakness.

"I am doomed this is bad" thout alfred. And then he saw her talk to zombies and thougt "oh no she is leave!"

But then they walked together and she said it was all ok and he was happy until a zombie came up and said "u are bad cuple trader deseve some1 better!" but then trader was like "no we are not togther!" But Alfred was torn becuase he was wanting togeter but not able to say becuase a relationship needs support from both- w/out that it is not suported by the pillars of love that keep up love and love will fall and break and not live!

Sp they left and Alred decided to throw a party and he did and they all had fun but then trader said "oh alfred I have feelings but I am sad since you are gay." But alfred wasn't and wanted to say so but couldn't becuase music and fear- fear was evil in heart and holding back! Fear is the acid that eats the pillars that keep up love! Alfred fel away in sad but then felt courae and killed the fear and said "I will do what I have to do to save the love and make hapiness and goodness for al of time!"

So he ran to do that when he saw the tader their talking close to Aldige and saw the loves and reliazed that he wasn't wanted and regect and then said "OH NO WHY IS SAD"

and trader said "No alfred I am not what it seems!"

and then Alfreds heart broke and he died.

"this is a sad day for all cockens we must keep alive his memory" said Masterson.

"NO ALFRED Y DID YOU DIE?" screamed the trader with all of her lungs to the sky.

"use CPR to save him!" said Aldig and they aged but then the zombies said "who are what zombies don't do CPR becuase already dead."

So then the zombies saw through there disguse aand attacked, but the trader had a threw the cockens earplugs and they put them on and didn't get hurt by the sound no more. Then Masterson used his shotgun and blasted the sound zombie away and it died and Brian used his katana to kill tons of zombies and Aldrige ran to get explosives. He promptly took out his grenaide loncher and used it to blow up zombies everywhere and when the others got sorounded he would shoot grenades and clear them all away and everyone was happy for it and didn't get hurt. But than the zombies went after Al and he shot the genads so they went like bullets into the zombie skull but they were not holding them back and only killing a few. Sudenly spiders popped out of the vents and attacked two but the trader came in and shot them all before theowing the claymore into a line of fat zombies who ran away.

"They zombies are going to Alfred now he will have freinds now." they said.

So I saidto ZhukovsAnd then the zombies came more in and shouted to put fear in there hearts but the cockens weren't afraid and new that like Alfred and Trader, they had to go and embrace bravery and not give into fiear!

So the zombies ran at them and Aldige shot the machines that shot hot liquid metal and the metal flew onto the ground and set the zombies into fire and had them slipping and hurting and Trader and Brian made a wall of spinning swords and Masterson welded the vents and killed more spiders and used the gears to throw as bomorogs and chop of zombie heads! They used the surondings to there advantage even as they made zombies and was evil.

Teamwork had been forged at last!

But the zombies were everywere so Aldige used his pipbombs to blow up the machines and their were explosons and fire and dead zombies and the cockens were won! The zombie factpory was dead!

But then as the factory was exploding the Trader stopped to look at the dead Alfred and said "you are so much love, I should save you" and tryed CPR again.

"You can't do that he is two dead now to save" said Masterson in sad.

But Trader was full of love and didn't and Alfred came back to life and was happy and they huged. "Love has become strong and survive!" said Trader! And happys ensued. The wave was over.

Then they all went and where happy and bought guns and laughed that everything was happy and finally Alfeed kissed the trader and was love fulfilled! and healed every1 with his medicine.

But deep below they heard the growl of the zombie king. "We must go down their and dicscover secrets and fight the Zombie King in his lab to stop the zombies and save liberty from evil and reach KILLING CEILING" said Brian whos face got real srs.

And the darkness hugnered and laughed.

Continued….or maybe?


	4. Chapter 4

**KILLING CEILING: **

**PART 4: DISCOVERYING DARKNESS **

the cokcnes but weapons everywere and soon tghey had no dosh but they had lots of utensils for killing zombies. "why must I carry so many weapons it hurts and my back is pain!" said alfred. "becuase we are about to enter the evil lab and now we need all the guns to survive. the zombies are always become stronger but we are not magic so we must use guns and become stronger in guns instead." so they did that and everyone got into the elevator. They all looked at one another and new it was maybe the last time theyd see one another again. then they did a manly hug and everyone new it was ok becuase emotoins are what makes us not zombies. and wen you run out of feels you become a zombie and are like " I am now the enemy".

They pressed the button that said "SECRET ZOMBIE LAB" and prepared to enter the heart of darknes. The Earth swalowed them up and artifiail light became all the light. The air became soggy and filled with smells of canage. nobody moved until the voice told them to get out.

When they got out they had there weapons ready to fight the zombie king but nobody was there. It was empty and silent and had lots of dank- their were bodies everywere. But no zombies.

"This is not normal" sad Brian. "I think their should be zombies here. Lets investiaget"

"There seems to be handprints over here" said Alrige. "By my forensics it seems that all the scientists have died and the zombies are gone. But why would that be?"

"By god we have a ridle on our hands! Let us go and not be haried on the way it is of great import that we learn the enimgas and find truths! Otherwise our freedom might be in the perfil, my good chaps!" said Alfred.

"But where could I find the start? I am not school and cannot find it." said Masterson.

"This is just like all the cases I did as a cop. The streets of Cocken places are dangerus and I have seen this a thousand times before. Back the way we did it didn't have no foresnics or school, only smarts. and that smarts told me to go to the generator room." said Brian.

"NO youre smarts have to go to school!" said Alfred

"school never did nothing it only takes time and tat is time we don't have I didnt make it all those years on the force for nothin I am telling you to keep out of my way and go to the generator room!" responded Brian.

As they walked ito the room, they saw a figure slip away. His dark trechcoat flailed in the breeze and wapped behind him.

"No come back we want to ask you about all these dead people!" said Masterson to none avail.

Who was that man drapped in shadow? Only the dark plumbing of the lab would ever know the secrest. Brian gazed upon the shadows and new this was true. His teammates may know many thigs but Brian had knowings that knew things. They were the true facts that you only could know if you lived a hard life a life filled with murder and intreeg. That was the life of Brian. He knelt down and picked up a note that was on a dead body.

'WE ALL COMMITED SUICIDE BECUASE WE ARE WANTING TO BECOME ZOMBIES AND BE AWESOME NO CRIME HAPENINED HERE!" the note said to Brian.

"That note says no crime hapened lets go and find that zombie king" said Masterson.

"Indeed indubately it is necessary to find that chap and beat the stufing out of him. Only by that prosess can we reach the aquited point known as the KILLING CEILING" said Alfred.

"But my gut says it sisnt so and my gut is always right." said Brian.

"Your intesties didnt go to school so be quite." said Alfred.

"ok" said Brian.

Then suddenly all the zombie scientists woke up and attacked them. They attacked them with claws and teeth but were no mach for the HSG gun or the claymore. The zombies used science as much as they could but the cockens umped out of the way and killed them before they could use science again.

"WHY WOULD YOU GIVE UP LIFE THAT IS HAPPY AND FUN TO BECOME ZOMBIE?!" asked Brian.

"We will never tell you you are cocken and we hate you." said the zombies

"But why not tell us?"

"Becuase we have no feels and instead only hunger. HUNGER FOR YOU." they said.

Then Alrige used his machine gun and shot bullets at the zombies and the zobies used science to stop the bullets and shoot them at the wall but they didnt know that the gun also shot genades and the genade went under their science and sent them exploding into the air.

"Why didn't they just feel the feels?!" cried Masterson.

"Becuase that is what the zombies do. That is what they haet. Feels are all about liverty but they hate liberty. That is why we must fight. We fight for feels." said Trader

"But feels are for the weak I dont know." said Brian.

"But were is the zombie king?" said Alriige.

"Inded he is really not in the persausion of being in this posishin." said Alfred.

They looked everywere for him but he was not in the lab. Hours and hours they looked as they air was turgid with formalihide and death. The steel walls and floors were staned with crimson blood and everywere was vials of unknowable horror and science. The lights, false and flikering, providied a dim ambient horror. But always silent, except for the buzz of the lights, the light wur of machines, and the sound of foots on steel eckoing into the night.

"He isnt everwhere. We are doomed and cant find him or his army of zombies!" said Masterson.

"What if he ran away with his science and zombies to go somewere alse?" asked Brian.

"Who would know then where he was?" said Alrige

"THE SCIENTISTS HE KILLED AND MADE ZOMBIE!" said Brian

"No! That is rubish and popycock! I will not blubber so seamlessly in such a decrepet place." said Alfred.

"But we have to follow my gut for the hope. Down no hope lies only the zombies. I know that from my job…pilice need the hope more than any. JUST ONCE YOU NEED TO TRUST ME OR WE ALL GO ZOMBIE, PUNK" said Brian

"I supose the scientific method says ypu need to test everything and choose the best for science and to never say never so ok science says ok." said Alfred.

So the Alrige hacked the computers and brought up the scientists journals.

DAY 342: I am happy and I have a happy life with wives and dogs. I would never give up this life as a science. I am happy. This job gives lots of money I wonder why the army needs zombies its funny maybe zombie helpers to help people with freedom? The zombie king says so and he is really nice even though he killed Herald. Herald was lazy tho so whatever. I love my life. Oh hey Zombie King why do you have a gun OH MY GOD HE IS KILLING EVERONE O JESUS HE IS GOING TO THE UENVWNYUM NURYMY F

"HAHA So no siucude hapened at all!" said Brian

"Ok ok u win science says so I am sorry how can I ever be sorry?" said Alfred.

"No need to freeing we forgive you becuase our freindship is more than just a zombie. It is a a true bond that overcomes all disagrees. This is becuase the whale of friendship can leap over the hurdles like Shamu and it has the wings of love pillars that can fly over all the challenge and bring the whale to land were the legs can save it" said Brian

"That is what friendship is yes! Now lets hack the camera on the computer so we can see were the zombie king went! said Alfred

But then the dark figure appeared. Masterson said hey but was cut off as suddenly the figure punched the power box and the computer died! The team ran after the figure and chased it into the gernator room again.

"WHY DID YOU PUNCH THAT WE NEEDED THAT!" yelled Alrifge!

"Becuase… I AM A ZOMBIE" said the figure, rupping off the cloak.

"You placed the siucide note to trick us and make us think despair!" said Brian

"Yes yes and I would early have happened if not for gut!" said the figure

"You almost tricked my science I hate you lets setle this like gentle men and use fists zombie! Queenberry rules!" said Alfred"

ok said the zombie

Alfred went to punch the zombie but then the zombie took off his glove and he had a CHAINSAW FOR A HAND AND PUNHCED ALFEED WITH THE CHAINSAW

"That was a bad trick lets kill you!" said Brian who took out his crossbow and shot lots of saws at the zombie who was a doctor zombie who used science to heal himself. But the saws were a distaction and soon he was cornerered by Alrige who shot lots of genades and by the Traderwho used a gun thatshot fire into the zombie docs face. OW FIRE he said and fell back where Masterson picked him up and threw him into a zombie in liquid and sentglass everywere and when the zombie tried to get up Masterson used his super shotfun that sent so much lead intom him that he flew up and twirled into another saw. He was almost dead and healed himself again running away saying "I WILL GET YOU." he said "AND YOULL NEVER KNOW WHAT THE CLUE MEANS" and then he flew away.

They ran and hooked Alfred up to the machines. He was like "I am hurt bros heal me wuth science." and they did.

They used all the science in the lab ad soon he was sleeping. They stood around him crying exept for Brian who was silent. And then he wept a single tear, a tear of furt and rage and sad and friends. He wept the tear that can only be teared by a true hero.

"I am sad and always felt so much for you but could never show my feels Im sorry for everything I ever did to diss them. You are so much dont die!" Brian said and his love made the science go really fast and glowy and Alfred got up shaky!

"Here's the clue Alfred what does it mean all my computers cant know what it means!" said Alrige.

The clue was a sheet of paper with a eye and it as looking threw a camera at a portrait of the zombie king.

"It is obvious I learned this at school it clearly means "I CAMERA" which is an almogoram for "AMERICA" HE IS INVADING AMERICA RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO GO THEIR AND SAVE ALL THE LIBERTTY!" said Alfred.

They all cheered and knew what had to be done. It was time to fight the zombie king and reach KILLING CIEILING.


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